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Vigil fosters solidarity and hope
Norman comes together to honor victims, mourn
MADISON ALBERTSON @Madisonnmaee
Candles lit up the Unity Garden on the University of Oklahoma campus on Monday night as the OU Gender + Equality Center hosted a vigil for the victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre. According to reports, on Sunday, June 12 around 2 a.m., a gunman entered Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, and opened fire. The gunman killed 49 and injured 53 in the attack. The rampage is known to be the worst mass shooting in American history. Its emotional toll was on display Monday night during the vigil on the South Oval at OU. “Ou r p r i v i l e g e i s o u r voice and we have an obligation to use it,” Kasey Catlett, OU alumnus and assistant director for LGBTQ and health programs at the OU Gender + Equality Center, said to over 100 mourners. Catlett was one of the PHOTOS BY NOOR EEMAAN/THE DAILY organizers for the event. Students gather in the Unity Garden on the South Oval for a vigil in remembrance of the victims of the Orlando massacre. The He s a i d i t w a s i m p o r t- OU Gender + Equality Center organized the event for the evening of June 13. ant to him to “recognize those lives who were lost the turnout, Catlett said the turnout was beyond his their surroundings while Then, when it got to 50, I others cried, but all were knew it wasn’t just another in Orlando but then also to he “would’ve been happy expectations. Some silently took in there to support the LGBTQ mass shooting.” give a space for people who with five people” and that L e n a Te n n e y , a n O U community and the lives are in pain.” alumna, expressed her fear lost. He went on to say, “It “The solidarity that’s come from it, the Stefanie Heinrich, a grad after the incident. affects not only those in people coming together around the country student at OU, spoke about “I wish I could say my Orlando and the families and around the world ... there is a bigger first reaction was disbelief, her initial reaction. and friends of those whose “You almost went numb, but it was just sadness for lives were lost but all of us community than people realize, and there is you know? I think we’re just my community,” Tenney as well, especially those in a lot more hope than people realize.” so used to it now that you said. “My next thought was the LGBTQ community.” go, ‘Oh, another one,’” she it could have been any of Over a 100 people gathTROY STEVENSON, said. “That’s what I thought my friends. It could have ered together for the vigil, OU ALUMNUS/DIRECTOR OF FREEDOM OKLAHOMA when I saw it was 20 people. been me. and when asked about
“We’re not safe anywhere.” Troy Stevenson, OU alumnus and executive director of Freedom Oklahoma, attended the vigil. “ The solidarity that ’s come from it, the people coming together around the country and around the world … there is a bigger community than people realize,” Stevenson said, “and there is a lot more hope than people realize. This was one act of terror, one act of violence, but from it we should find greater respect for society.” OU junior Trae Havens expressed a similar sentiment as Tenney. “ You’re in disbelief at first,” Havens said. “I think it kind of hits you all of a sudden. It’s horrifying.” Have n s sa i d t hat you want to believe that the country has grown out of its hate and bias, but tragedies like these remind you that it has not. “If you’re not actively doing something, if you’re not helping people, if you’re not talking to your legislators, if you’re not talking about gun control, if you’re not talking about helping people in the LGBTQ community, then it’s a harsh reality, but you’re sort of part of the problem,” Havens added. “Because stuff like this wouldn’t be happening if we were doing the r ight things to stop it.”
Madison Albertson mralbertson@ou.edu
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Ex-Sooners’ selection predicted NBA mock drafts feature former Sooner athletes DEREK PETERSON @DrPetey15
Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield and Isaiah Cousins are both potential draft picks in the upcoming NBA Draft. Several outlets have yet to update their boards, but one’s newest update saw some interesting changes near the top. Several teams are discussing trading picks near the top of the order, which could essentially light a fire to almost everyone’s predictions, but nothing has officially
changed as of yet. After one outlet dropped Buddy Hield down a peg in his draft order, Hield responded by dropping a record (85-for100 on three-point attempts) in his Monday workout with the Celtics. Isaiah Cousins has officially made his way onto two different mock drafts. Very few released second round predictions, but of the few that did, Cousins seems to be inching his way up their boards. The draft is scheduled for June 23. Here’s an updated roundup of where the two Sooners might land: Derek Peterson
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Buddy Hield: No. 6 overall (New Orleans Pelicans)
Buddy Hield: No. 5 overall (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Isaiah Cousins: No. 53 overall (Denver Nuggets)
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ESPN’s Chad Ford
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Buddy Hield: No. 8 overall (Sacramento Kings)
Buddy Hield: No. 6 overall (New Orleans Pelicans)
Isaiah Cousins: N/A
Isaiah Cousins: N/A
CBS Sports’ Sam Vecenie
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Buddy Hield: No. 7 overall (Denver Nuggets)
Buddy Hield: No. 3 overall (Boston Celtics)
Isaiah Cousins: N/A
Isaiah Cousins: No. 40 overall (New Orleans Pelicans)
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Senior guard Buddy Hield prepares for a free throw in the first half against Kansas on Feb. 13. Hield scored 24 points in the game.
OU Softball scores championship victory Successful season leads to National Championship win DEREK PETERSON @DrPetey15
The OU softball team w o n i t s t h i rd Na t i o n a l Championship in program history last week following a 2-1 victory over the Auburn Tigers in Game 3 of the Women’s College World Series final. “I felt our team definitely took the hard road through this,” head coach Patty Gasso said after becoming just the fourth coach in softball history to win at least three titles. “We played some of the best in the country, so I definitely feel like this team earned every second of our success, because they played from the
first pitch to the last.” The Sooners’ season got off to a rocky start. They lost four times in the season’s first two weeks, which included dropping their first two games by a combined score of 11-3. The team was young — four freshman and four sophomores would be in the starting lineup for the Women’s College World Series — and people were questioning how good Gasso’s squad could really be. After a 5-2 loss to Kansas on April 2, the Sooners began to put things together and ripped off the longest win streak in the program’s history. Between April 3 and June 6, the Sooners won 31 straight games and punched a ticket in the Women’s College World Series final against Auburn. Five complete games from starting pitcher Paige Parker fueled the Sooners’
run, culminating in a five-hit, five-strikeout performance that helped clinch the title on June 8 and earn Parker the Most Outstanding Player award. On the season, the Sooners had three players named to the NCAA All-American teams. Parker was named to the First Team while senior Erin Miller and freshman Shay Knighten were named to the Second Team. The Sooners also swept the Big 12 postseason awards. Parker was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, Miller the co-Big 12 Player of the Year, Knighten the Big 12 Freshman of the Year and Gasso the Big 12 Coach of the Year. Derek Peterson
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The Sooners celebrate following their National Championship win. OU beat Auburn 2-1 in the final game of the championship series.
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Campus Corner controversy Recent Campus Corner closings prompt suspicion TANNER OSBORNE @tannerosbear
Over the past few months, a number of staple Campus Corner restaurants have closed or announced closings for the near future, leading to several vacant properties and one local merchant to question the commercialization of Campus Corner. Cafe Plaid was the first to go in June of 2015, and the property was quickly replaced by The Meatball House. Pita Pit closed its doors on May 15 and local pizzeria Crooked Crust soon followed, ending its operations indefinitely.
Kyle Wright, franchise owner of the local Tex-Mex restaurant Chimy’s, confirmed in late May that Chimy’s was also going to be leaving sometime after the coming fall semester. Wright did not comment further on the imminent closing of his store. A number of local merchants, some with positions in the Campus Corner Merchants Association, said the closings may have something to do with property prices going up as well as ripples in the economy stemming from gas and energy prices in the state dropping. Mark Pritz, manager of New York Pizza & Pasta and treasurer of the Merchants Association, said though h i s o w n p ro p e r t y p a y ments have gone up, he had
previously negotiated his contract in preparation of that and was prepared. Amanda Meron, manager of the Starbucks off West Boyd Street and Asp Avenue, said she believes there is a bias in favor of corporations on Campus Corner. “It seems like the only businesses that can survive are corporations because they have more money and more of a following,” Meron said. Meron said that right now her rent is high, but she did not want to give a specific number. Meron said all of her negotiating is done through Starbucks corporate, and that prices only go up on her once a year due to a “locked contract,” rather than a monthly one. Meron said that if the
local, smaller shops did not get into locked contracts, then they very well may have had their prices raised until they could not afford to stay open.
“It seems like the only businesses that can survive are corporations because they have more money and more of a following.” AMANDA MERON, STARBUCKS MANAGER
Rainey Powell, Equity Realty sales associate, controls a large portion of the real estate across Campus Corner, including the properties that were formerly home to Pita Pit, Crooked
Crust and Cafe Plaid. “I wouldn’t be surprised if (Powell) plans on replacing them with corporations,” Meron said. “I think he wants to have Campus Corner dominated by corporations.” Powell said he does not have a bias toward corporations, and that he only wants to merchandise Campus Corner. “You want a mix of shops,” Powell said when asked directly about a potential bias against “mom and pop” shops. Powell said he has been involved in the turnover of several properties over the years, some by design and some not. He is currently negotiating leases for the recently closed Crooked Crust and Pita Pit properties, but would not say what businesses would
be replacing them. Powell said that recently there has been a lot of money going toward restoration and reinvestment on Campus Corner. Those, Powell said, along with factors such as location, square footage of a property, insurance and maintenance all play roles in the ups and downs of rent and property pricing. Powell said he works with a lot of different tenants; some are corporate and some are “mom and pop” shops. “When you are bringing in a new tenant you are also trying to bring in new customers,” Powell said. Tanner Osborne
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Cafe Plaid, Chimy’s, Crooked Crust and Pita Pit have all been staples of the Campus Corner restaurant scene. The closings have led to several vacant properties on Campus Corner.
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